It’s known the Islamic State has kidnapped more than 2,500 women,
and another 4,600 are missing.

In their twisted, medieval interpretation of Islam the document
makes crystal clear how these woman are treated, and that such
treatment is permissible because the captives are non-Muslims.

The rules then state that it’s alright to rape a slave
“immediately after taking possession of her” and that it
is “permissible to have intercourse with the female slave who
hasn’t reached puberty if she is fit for intercourse.”

In the simplistic document, called ‘Questions and Answers on
Taking Captives and Slaves’, slave woman are referred to as
al-Sabi and they can only be taken from ‘ahl al-harb’, a group of
people with whom the IS considers itself at war – in other words,
anyone who doesn’t follow their extreme interpretation of the
Koran.

Among some of the points on the list were: "It is permissible
to beat the female slave as a form of darb ta'deeb [disciplinary
beating], but it is forbidden to use darb al-takseer [literally,
breaking beating], [darb] al-tashaffi [beating for the purpose of
achieving gratification], or [darb] al-ta'dheeb [torture
beating]. Further, it is forbidden to hit the face."

While another also said “A male or female slave's running
away [from their master] is among the gravest of sins…"

“The content, while it is abhorrent and shocking, is not
surprising – we know that IS ideologues have justified and
legitimated slavery in past publications,” Charlie Winter,
from the Qulliam Foundation, told the Independent.

The pamphlet emerged at the same time as information about young
British female Muslims came to light. These women have used
social media to boast about joining Islamic State’s terrifying
all-female police force, which dole out beatings and manage
brothels where thousands of Yazidi women are kept after being
sold for just $42.

The Islamic State believes that Yazidis are devil worshipers and
are therefore worse than ‘people of the book’ such as Christians
and Jews, who can escape imprisonment by paying a monthly tax.
Yazidis, however, are not able to pay their way out of jail.

The Yazids live in the north of Iraq and north east of Syria, who
follow the ancient Yazidi religion.

The IS price list for slaves ranks the cost of a woman by age, so
while a woman aged 40-50 would sell for just 50,000 dinars or
$43, a girl aged 10-20 would be worth 150,000 dinars ($125) and a
child under nine would sell for 200,000 dinars ($166).